Psy goes billion style

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Psy perfects his lassooing move in the infamous video for his global pop smashYouTube

Anne Barrowclough

Published at 3:56AM, December 22 2012

Gangnam Style, South Korean rapper Psy’s viral hit, has become the
first video to be viewed a billion times on YouTube.

The view counter for Gangnam Style, which was only posted on the
video-sharing site July 15, clicked over into 10 figures at around 1550 GMT
Friday, amid an ongoing global craze for the singer and his horse-riding
dance.

As of 0315 GMT Saturday the counter showed 1,008,286,535 views.

“Finally becoming £BillionStyle!!!” Psy wrote on Twitter.

Among the first to congratulate him was American rapper MC Hammer, who posted:
“Congratulations!!! You made history !!! 1 Billion Views !!!”